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Overview

Wilfred Otten is affiliated with Cranfield University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Engineering, with a notable emphasis on Soil Science, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Plant Science as subfields.

Their research topics cover various areas, including Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Soil and Unsaturated Flow, Gut Microbiota and Health, Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport, Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis, Clay Minerals and Soil Interactions, and Plant Nutrient Uptake and Metabolism.

Otten's recent scholarly contributions include the following papers:

  • A holistic perspective on soil architecture is needed as a key to soil functions (2021, European Journal of Soil Science)
  • Functional root trait-based classification of cover crops to improve soil physical properties (2021, European Journal of Soil Science)
  • Building soil sustainability from root-soil interface traits (2022, Trends in Plant Science)
  • Changes in soil surface properties under simulated rainfall and the effect of surface roughness on runoff, infiltration and soil loss (2023, Geoderma)
  • Linking rhizosphere processes across scales: Opinion (2022, Plant and Soil)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Otten include:

  • Philippe C. Baveye
  • Xavier Portell
  • Valérie Pot
  • Patricia Garnier
  • Olivier Monga

The most common venues for Otten's publications are:

  • European Journal of Soil Science (9 publications)
  • Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery (2 publications)
  • Trends in Plant Science (1 publication)
  • Geoderma (1 publication)
  • Plant and Soil (1 publication)

Best Publications

  • The role of the natural environment in the emergence of antibiotic resistance in Gram-negative bacteria

    Elizabeth M.H. Wellington;Alistair B.A. Boxall;Paul Cross;Edward J. Feil

  • Prenatal stress, fetal imprinting and immunity.

    E. Merlot;D. Couret;W. Otten

  • Microbial distribution in soils: physics and scaling

    Iain M. Young;John W. Crawford;Naoise Nunan;Wilfred Otten

  • Emergent Properties of Microbial Activity in Heterogeneous Soil Microenvironments: Different Research Approaches Are Slowly Converging, Yet Major Challenges Remain.

    Philippe C. Baveye;Wilfred Otten;Alexandra Kravchenko;María Balseiro-Romero;María Balseiro-Romero

  • Transparent soil for imaging the rhizosphere.

    Helen F. Downie;Helen F. Downie;Nicola Holden;Wilfred Otten;Andrew J. Spiers

  • Observer-dependent variability of the thresholding step in the quantitative analysis of soil images and X-ray microtomography data

    Philippe C. Baveye;Magdeline Laba;Wilfred Otten;Liesbeth Bouckaert

  • Effect of bulk density on the spatial organisation of the fungus Rhizoctonia solani in soil.

    Kirsty Harris;Kirsty Harris;Iain M Young;Christopher A Gilligan;Wilfred Otten

  • A holistic perspective on soil architecture is needed as a key to soil functions

    Hans-Jörg Vogel;Maria Balseiro-Romero;Alexandra Kravchenko;Wilfred Otten

  • Challenges and opportunities for quantifying roots and rhizosphere interactions through imaging and image analysis.

    Helen F. Downie;Helen F. Downie;M. O. Adu;M. O. Adu;Sonja Schmidt;Wilfred Otten

  • From Dust Bowl to Dust Bowl: Soils are Still Very Much a Frontier of Science

    Philippe C. Baveye;David Rangel;Astrid R. Jacobson;Magdeline Laba

  • Soil physics, fungal epidemiology and the spread of Rhizoctonia solani

    Wilfred Otten;Darroch Hall;Kirsty Harris;Kirsty Harris;Karl Ritz

  • Saprotrophic invasion by the soil-borne fungal plant pathogen Rhizoctonia solani and percolation thresholds

    Douglas J. Bailey;Wilfred Otten;Christopher A. Gilligan

  • Earthworm‐induced N mineralization in fertilized grassland increases both N2O emission and crop‐N uptake

    I. M. Lubbers;L. Brussaard;Wilfred Otten;J. W. Van Groenigen

  • Empirical evidence of spatial thresholds to control invasion of fungal parasites and saprotrophs

    Wilfred Otten;Douglas J. Bailey;Christopher A. Gilligan

  • Functional root trait-based classification of cover crops to improve soil physical properties

    Csilla Hudek;Cristinel Putinica;Wilfred Otten;Sarah De Baets

  • Challenges in imaging and predictive modeling of rhizosphere processes

    Tiina Roose;Samuel D. Keyes;Keith Daly;Andrea Carminati

  • Effect of scanning and image reconstruction settings in X-ray computed microtomography on quality and segmentation of 3D soil images

    Alasdair N. Houston;Sonja Schmidt;A.M. Tarquis;Wilfred Otten

  • Continuity of air-filled pores and invasion thresholds for a soil-borne fungal plant pathogen, Rhizoctonia solani

    Wilfred Otten;Christopher A. Gilligan;C. W. Watts;A. R. Dexter

  • Combining X-ray CT and 3D printing technology to produce microcosms with replicable, complex pore geometries

    Wilfred Otten;Radoslaw Pajor;Sonja Schmidt;Philippe C. Baveye;Philippe C. Baveye

  • Quantification of the pore size distribution of soils: Assessment of existing software using tomographic and synthetic 3D images

    Alasdair N. Houston;Wilfred Otten;Wilfred Otten;Ruth E. Falconer;O. Monga

  • Adaptive-window indicator kriging: A thresholding method for computed tomography images of porous media

    A. N. Houston;W. Otten;P. C. Baveye;S. Hapca

  • Emergent Behavior of Soil Fungal Dynamics: Influence of Soil Architecture and Water Distribution

    Ruth E. Falconer;Alasdair N. Houston;Wilfred Otten;Philippe C. Baveye

Frequent Co-Authors

Philippe C. Baveye
Philippe C. Baveye University of Paris-Saclay
Christopher A. Gilligan
Christopher A. Gilligan University of Cambridge
Claire Chenu
Claire Chenu University of Paris-Saclay
Karl Ritz
Karl Ritz University of Nottingham
Alexandra Kravchenko
Alexandra Kravchenko Michigan State University
Iain M. Young
Iain M. Young King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Naoise Nunan
Naoise Nunan Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Guy J. D. Kirk
Guy J. D. Kirk Cranfield University
Eric Paterson
Eric Paterson James Hutton Institute
Hans-Jörg Vogel
Hans-Jörg Vogel Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research

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